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Jack Simpson | 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division - Army

4:08   |   Apparently, they were short of Lieutenants one day so they made Pfc Jack Simpson a Forward Observer. He slipped into a village behind enemy lines and called in the targets for the gunners. It was the scariest thing he ever did.

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